Davis said last month that he would not have filed to run again if he had known his opponent was running. He didn’t campaign for re-election, and at every opportunity, he endorsed his opponent. Davis’ name remained on the ballot because he missed the deadline to have it removed.

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“I’m out back in my hot tub, drinking a Gatorade,” he said. “What’s going on?”

Davis, who was first elected to the school board in 2007, represents portions of south and southwest Wichita. But in the general election, school board members are elected district-wide. He said he filed for a third term because he didn’t think anyone else would run.

“If I do win … I will do what the voters want and I will serve my four years,” Davis said Tuesday evening.

“I haven’t done any campaigning. This was Josh’s race to win,” he said. “He’s a great guy. If he wins, great. If I win, that’s what the voters wanted, so I will end up serving my four-year term. But after that, I’m done.”

Blick, a local business owner, could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

In the race for the school board’s at-large seat, voters chose Sheril Logan, a retired administrator and the current board president, over her opponent, Michael Capps. With nearly all precincts reporting, Logan had captured about 63 percent of votes.

Barbara Fuller, the incumbent in District 3 in southeast Wichita, was unopposed.

Logan watched returns with friends and family members at the home of her campaign manager in west Wichita.

“We’re very happy that voters have confidence in electing me to the board again,” she said. “I talked to a lot of people during this campaign, and it’s just reinforced what I knew all along, and that is: Pay attention to what people are telling you.”

Logan said state funding would be one of the biggest issues facing the board, and board members may have to make some tough budget decisions in the months and years ahead.

“The fact that we’re growing every year by 300 to 500 students and we will get zero additional money for that – that’s going to be a problem,” Logan said. “We try very hard to make the right decisions, but you’re not going to always make everybody happy.”